Civil War and Reconstruction Day 5 Assignment

LAST Name

FIRST Name

Class Period

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 6
• 7

What is the title of the newspaper article?

• Union Restored
• Lee Sues for Peace
• The War Virtually Ended
• Old Glory

What major event is being described in the image?

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant
• General Grant surrendered to General Lee

The Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 was a turning point in the Civil War; the Union victory divided the Confederacy territory in two with the capture of the Mississippi River.

• True
• False

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Texas; the Civil War officially ended.

• True
• False

The last battle of the Civil War took place in Texas, One month after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.

• True
• False

Many Texas ___________________________________________ worked on farms and became nurses, teachers, or shopkeepers during the Civil War.

• Women
• Cotton
• Irish
• Telegraph
• Enlisted

Texas farmers began growing more corn and wheat to help feed soldiers, instead of ________________________________________.

• Cotton
• Irish
• Telegraph
• Enlisted
• Reasons for exploration